Aditya Mani Jha
Bandeep Singh’s photographs of Naga sadhus exude the power and poignancy of the ascetic
From being gateways to gods to cleansing of sins, it has played a central role in religion and culture
The spiritual is at its most spectacular when sadhus, seers, seekers, nirvana junkies and tourists of religious kitsch descend on Hinduism’s biggest carnival. Aditya Iyer goes to the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj
The Kumbh infrastructure is a feat but we could still manage our temple tourism better